In That Moment

In That Moment

On ten billion hard drives

encircling the world

Those with computers

can read and unfurl

Sitting here waiting

for them to log on

Alive in that moment

— in verse and in song

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All Is Not Lost

Once beyond 70

each day becomes ten

An hour a minute

as seconds portend

With time running out

last horizon ahead

The sun’s final setting

and future to bed

But all is not lost

as you loosen your grip

A flapping is heard

through the darkened abyss

With one last look back

to tomorrow goodbye

Two wings reattach

— reborn in the sky

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Last Chance

Looking up

to the reasons

Looking down

on the why’s

Looking out

through each season

Looking back

in disguise

With tired excuses

the joy of no pain

Shunning the Muses

crying out in refrain

“It’s time to jump off

your 9^th life from the queue

Don’t question the cost

— your last chance to be you”

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